Acontistini is a tribe of
neotropical
The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone.
Definition
In bioge ...
mantises
Mantises are an order (Mantodea) of insects that contains over 2,400 species in about 460 genera in 33 families. The largest family is the Mantidae ("mantids"). Mantises are distributed worldwide in temperate and tropical habitats. They ha ...
in the superfamily
Acanthopoidea, and family
Acanthopidae
Acanthopidae is a family of mantises consisting of 16 genera in the order Mantodea. The group was first formally split off as a separate family by the German entomologist Reinhard Ehrmann in 2002. In 2016, five genera (''Acontista'', ''Callibia'' ...
. There are 7 genera and more than 30 described species in Acontistini. In 2016, several genera were moved from Acanthopidae to a newly created family Acontistidae,
[ but this has not been accepted in most recent classifications.]
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Genera
* ''Acontista
''Acontista'' is a genus of mantises in the family Acanthopidae.
Species
*'' Acontista amazonica''
*'' Acontista amoenula''
*'' Acontista aurantiaca''
*'' Acontista bolivari''
*'' Acontista brevipennis''
*'' Acontista cayennensis''
*'' Acontista ...
'' Saussure, 1872
* '' Astollia'' Kirby, 1904
* ''Callibia
''Callibia'' is a genus of praying mantis in the family Acanthopidae. The genus contains only one species, ''Callibia diana''.
See also
*List of mantis genera and species
The following list of mantis genera and species is based on the "Mantode ...
'' Stal, 1877
* '' Ovalimantis'' Roy, 2015
* '' Paratithrone'' Lombardo, 1996
* '' Raptrix'' Terra, 1995
* '' Tithrone'' Stal, 1877
References
Further reading
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External links
Mantodea
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